Autism / Autism Spectrum Support Group

Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.

travolta

john travolta was in court today to testify against the people that tried to extort money from him ,it says in the paper that john told the court that his son had autism and had 5-10 seizures a day,autism is something he always denied his son having ,i think many that knew him suspected it ,but he would deny it , either way it's very sad.

it's very sad that a child died so very young. I don't think it really should matter now whether he denied or didn't deny that his son had autism.I feel very sorry for the travolta family that they have lost their son.

your are so right sambod, it doesn't really matter, i just often wonder if he was getting any type of therapy, i know of someone now who has a child that dr. said looks like she might be on the spectrum and and was told to get an evaluation , and the mom said well i'll just wait,to me that is complete denial.

i am sorry if i seemed abrupt mighty. In my opinion, i'm sure that he was. i would think that for the Travoltas, it was a personal decision not to disclose that there son had autism simply due to the fact that the media would have gone nuts with it especially the paparazzi and i think they chose not to disclose it to protect their son.

They denied his autism based on Religiouse beliefs....from what I have read and heard...they dont believe that you can have clinical depression....autism....bipolar....those are just made up things....but Im sure deep down they had to know that there son needed help and from what I heard....there nanny was trained to do OT and Developmental therapy....so I think they were doing everything they could.....just labeling it was a problem.....

You know the story, i had underweight from 16 to 20 years with 55 kg due to anxiety. Then at 20 years old the weight was very normal. I had bad sitting positions in front of the computer at home and also in school for many hours a day. Maybe i had poor nutrition or lack of minerals although the blood tests didn't say that. At 19 years the 20° S curve scoliosis was diagnosed. Noone saw it before,...

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